Who is this guy?

Maybe this is a bit off topic but I don't know where else to post this. I have a question regarding this dude:

http://i.imgur.com/bp1N9ZM.jpg

Can anyone tell me who he is or what his story is? I see him being used as an emoticon in some Twitch streams chat as well as in several memes. Or is it just a random guy who got memed?

That person is referred to as "Kappa". The urban dictionary listing can be found here: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Kappa&defid=7927027

Its a way of symbolizing sarcasm.

Example: "I love working on Christmas Eve Kappa."

The origin of the term, according to Reddit seems to be that Twitch had a employee which was always sarcastic, and the term stuck.

*headscratch*

i thought that silly Kappa ppl were spamming was the silly anime Kappa guy meme.. never heard of that other guy... now i see they practically mean the same thing tho.

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=kappa+anime

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_(folklore)

Hey thanks for the responses. Now I know :)

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